Improvement in horse-boots



W. H. FRANKLIN. Horse-Boots;

No. 200,273. Patented Fe b.12, 18- 7 8.

WITNESSES INVENTS N. PETERS PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D Q UNITEDSTATES wILLIAM H. FRANKLIN, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNsYLvANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-BOOTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 200,273, dated February12 January 16, 1878.

, 1878; application filed To all whom it may concern Be it known that I,WILLIAM H. FRANK- LIN, of the city and county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful (lasting-Shoe, applicabletohorses and mules in the event of their losing a shoe, or in case ofcracking of the hoof so as to impair it for the nailing of the shoe inthe usual manner; and I do hereby declare the following to be asufficiently full, clear, and exact description thereof to enablepersons skilled in the art to make and use the said invention, referringto the drawings annexed, and forming a part of this specification, andthe letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in jointing the sides of the shoe,bearing calks at their rear ends, to a toe-piece, thus permitting theshoe to expa d or to contract, so as to adapt it to variations n thesize of the hoof; also, in combining such jointed metallic part of theshoe with an upper leather, notched in the upper edge, secured by astrap and buckle. At the lowerrear part is another strap and buckle, anda strap, with buckle, passing through openings in the upper portion, bywhich it can be contracted to fit the upper portion of the hoof.

I am aware that horse-boots, or castingshoes, as they are usually calledin the trade, have been made, in which two side pieces were jointedtogether in the front. Such shoes were objectionable, in thatAthey, whenapplied to a large hoof failed to adapt themselves properly. to thesides and rear of the hoof, and did not support the weight of the horseexceptin g upon the front or toe; and, on the other hand, when appliedto a small hoof, the toe of the shoe projected too far in front of thetoe of the hoof, and the sides cramped and pinched the rear of the hoofand injured it. The range of useful adaptability of such shoes to hoofsof diflerent sizes was therefore very limited.

The advantages of this invention are facility of application to hoofs ofvarious sizes and shapes, effectually excluding the dirt, and avoidingany restraint of the elasticity of the hoof.

Figure 1 shows a side elevation; Fig. 2, an inverted plan; Fig. 3, asection in the line X X, Fig. 2. i

The same letters of reference apply tothe same parts in the severalfigures.

A represents a toe-piece; B and B, side pieces, having calks G and G atthe rear, and jointed to the toe-piece A by rivets or screws atD and D.E is asole-piece, of leather, preferably cut out in the center, made toproject laterally beyond the sides B and B, and fastened to them byrivets F. Attached to the sole E is an upper leather, G, cut in pointsor scallopsH from the upper edge, and having a strap, J, provided with abuckle, K, passed through openings formed in it, by which means it canbe contracted to fit to and fasten upon the upper part of the hoof. Atthe lower rear portion of the upper leather G is'another strap, L, .andbuckle M, by which the sides B and B can be drawn and held together atthe rear end to fit the hoof.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and useful therein isa The jointed side pieces B and B, combine with the toe-piece A andupper leather G, having straps to contract the same and adapt and holdit to the hoof, as set forth.

WILLIAM H. FRANKLIN.

Witnesses:

J DANIEL EBY, FRANK F. THoMPsoN.

